Music of the 70s

A Variety of Styles http://superseventies.com/seventiesalmanac.html http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html

What do you think of when you think of the 70s? At the top of your guided question sheet, write 3 things that come to mind when you think of the 70s. 70s Listening Intro Listen to all of the following songs from the 70s. (#1-10) Have you ever heard this song before? What stands out to you the most in this song? 1970s

Funk Blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music.

Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAp7uqnUYSA&ob=av3n Styles of Music Represented in the 1970s - Funk How is this music similar and different from Motown in the 60s? James Brown Sly and the Family Stone George Clinton (Funkadelic) Kool and the Gang Earth, Wind and Fire (Pop-Funk) Stevie Wonder

Jazz Rock Rock rhythms and electric instruments mixed together with the melodies and harmonies of jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NntyxRhmFho

Long songs that are structured, not improvised Loud and soft passages with musical crescendos The use of a live symphony orchestra or synthesizer that sounds like strings Extended instrumental solos Blending of acoustic, electric, and electronic elements to translate the emotion of a song with multiple moods Multi-movement compositions Progressive Rock Groups Led Zepplin Kansas Styx Yes The Moody Blues Emerson, Lake and Palmer Genesis Pink Floyd Frank Zappa

Listening Micro-Assignment How does this music reflect characteristics of progressive rock? Describe one characteristic from the list below that you hear displayed in this music? #1-5 Experimental Rock Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique.

Hard Rock/Metal of the 70s Hard Rock - typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards.

Cooperate Rock a term used to describe rock music that utilised large arena venues, particularly sports venues, for concerts or series of concerts linked in tours. often came from the hard rock, heavy metal and progressive rock genres, but utilised a more commercially oriented and radio-friendly sound Cooperate Rock Cont. highly-produced music that included both hard rock numbers and power ballads, both often employing anthemic choruses Boston - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94 Journey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcjzHMhBtf0

Cooperate Rock Boston Foreigner Peter Frampton Heart Journey The Steve Miller Band REO Speedwagon/Styx Supertramp Southern Rock/American Heartland Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals. American Heartland Rock/Southern

Lynyrd Skynyrd Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band The J. Geils Band ZZ Top - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsnSQtsdMJI

Country Rock from the 70s country-rock is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s who began to record rock records using country themes, vocal styles and additional instrumentation, most characteristically pedal steel guitar. Country Rock America The Marshall Tucker Band The Charlie Daniels Band

On your guided question sheet, list at least 3 elements of Country Rock that you hear in Devil Went Down To Georgia. British Pop Rock Popular music from England that contained: A combination of rock elements with pop elements Arena rock style Blues influenced rock style Some extra production in the songs like orchestra instruments and synthesizers British Pop Rock Paul McCartney and Wings Elton John Eric Clapton Rod Stewart The Bee Gees Dire Straits Compare the 60s and 70s Listen to the following songs. Write/describe the difference you hear between the song from the 60s and the song from the 70s. Rolling Stones Vs. Elton John British Pop Rock Performances Elton John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7wwZVB4yMI Paul McCartney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWrGSa-Asdk Bee Gees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLJnG6-oC4sjU

What is a singer-songwriter? Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies.

Singer-songwriters often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano Singer Songwriters John Lennon Carol King Bob Dylan John Denver Paul Simon Cat Stevens James Taylor Carly Simon Billy Joel Singer Songwriter Performances Billy Joel Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0 John Denver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_WyUwNPOzQ James Taylor and Carol King https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7RPCFfudmU Punk Rock Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock, punk rock bands avoided perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock. Punk bands created fast, hard-edged music, typically with short songs, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk Rock The Ramones The Dead Boys The Dictators The Cramps The Sex Pistols The Clash

New Wave New Wave is a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. Characteristics of New Wave: electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s pop music. New Wave The Cars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW3rb5fZRb8 Blondie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXewIR7Y7cc The B-52s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofkzvM7Skxg

Disco Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco Problems Because disco used electronic drum machines, many live musicians could not get music jobs. The rhythms were very repetitive.